Resolving Windows 64-bit linker issues

[Darren Grant]

Excellent thank you Tamar!

Cheers,
Darren
 On Feb 18, 2015 2:34 PM, "Tamar Christina" <lonetiger at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi all,
>
> I have added your name to the wiki Darren and I have also added a link to
> the Windows build instructions under the “Platform specific build
> instructions”.
>
> @David I don’t think there’s any real formal expectations from adding your
> name to the wiki, you can always remove it if you want 😊
>
> Regards,
> Tamar
>
> *From:* Darren Grant <dedgrant at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* ‎Wednesday‎, ‎February‎ ‎18‎, ‎2015 ‎06‎:‎56
> *To:* Tamar Christina <lonetiger at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Roman Kuznetsov <kuznero at gmail.com>, Gintautas Miliauskas
> <gintautas at miliauskas.lt>, Simon Peyton Jones <simonpj at microsoft.com>, Mikolaj
> Konarski <mikolaj at well-typed.com>, ghc-devs at haskell.org, David Macek
> <david.macek.0 at gmail.com>, kyra <kyrab at mail.ru>, Martin Foster
> <martin.e.foster at gmail.com>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Tamar, certainly add me to the Windows Task Force page. Thank you!
>
> Gintautas, what are the duties of a coordinator for the task force? I can
> volunteer contingent on qualifications and balancing obligations with my
> day job.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Darren
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Tamar Christina <lonetiger at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>  Hi Roman & Simon,
>>
>> I agree it makes sense to add it there, however I think
>> https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/WindowsGhc that link should be
>> used instead of the WindowsTaskForce link directly.
>>
>> @Darren & Martin, would you also like to be added to the page?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tamar
>>
>> *From:* Roman Kuznetsov <kuznero at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* ‎Tuesday‎, ‎February‎ ‎17‎, ‎2015 ‎14‎:‎45
>> *To:* Gintautas Miliauskas <gintautas at miliauskas.lt>
>> *Cc:* Tamar Christina <lonetiger at gmail.com>, Simon Peyton Jones
>> <simonpj at microsoft.com>, Darren Grant <dedgrant at gmail.com>, Mikolaj
>> Konarski <mikolaj at well-typed.com>, ghc-devs at haskell.org, David Macek
>> <david.macek.0 at gmail.com>, kyra <kyrab at mail.ru>, Martin Foster
>> <martin.e.foster at gmail.com>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> That would definitely make sense to add more information for Windows in
>> "Platform-specific build notes". I will try taking care of it the coming
>> week.
>>
>> Roman
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Gintautas Miliauskas <
>> gintautas at miliauskas.lt> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> would someone be willing to be a coordinator for the team? Feel free to
>>> just edit the wiki. I am completely swamped by my new job and my move to
>>> London at the moment, and the situation is unlikely to change soon. Sorry :(
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Tamar Christina <lonetiger at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Simon,
>>>>
>>>> We do have a page on Trac with the members:
>>>> https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/WindowsTaskForce
>>>>
>>>> We could add the extra information there.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Tamar
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> From: Simon Peyton Jones <simonpj at microsoft.com>
>>>> Sent: ‎17/‎02/‎2015 10:18
>>>> To: Darren Grant <dedgrant at gmail.com>; Mikolaj Konarski
>>>> <mikolaj at well-typed.com>
>>>> Cc: Phyx <lonetiger at gmail.com>; Roman Kuznetsov <kuznero at gmail.com>;
>>>> ghc-devs at haskell.org; David Macek <david.macek.0 at gmail.com>; kyrab
>>>> <kyrab at mail.ru>; Gintautas Miliauskas <gintautas at miliauskas.lt>; Martin
>>>> Foster <martin.e.foster at gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: RE: Resolving Windows 64-bit linker issues
>>>>
>>>>  One really helpful thing would be to
>>>>
>>>> ·         make a wiki home page for the Windows Task Force
>>>>
>>>> ·         list who is on it
>>>>
>>>> ·         list the main tasks “in flight” and what their status is
>>>>
>>>> ·         any other plans
>>>>
>>>> Anything to broaden visibility of the WTF, and encourage others to join
>>>> in.  Communication is all in an open-source context!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for working on Windows… it’s a very popular platform, and needs
>>>> your love!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Simon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* Darren Grant [mailto:dedgrant at gmail.com]
>>>> *Sent:* 17 February 2015 05:03
>>>> *To:* Mikolaj Konarski
>>>> *Cc:* Phyx; Roman Kuznetsov; ghc-devs at haskell.org; Simon Peyton Jones;
>>>> David Macek; kyrab; Gintautas Miliauskas; Martin Foster
>>>> *Subject:* Re: Resolving Windows 64-bit linker issues
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> To expand on that (let's see if I can do this without accidentally
>>>> sending again, oops!):
>>>>
>>>> Roman, I will get in touch with you on a separate email thread to see
>>>> if we can find an optimal way to coordinate, something that satisfies our
>>>> schedules and needs. Others please feel free to bug me any time by email (
>>>> dedgrant at gmail.com) or on freenode #ghc as dedgrant, PST hours.
>>>>
>>>> In the meantime I'll be auditing some of the related backlogged tickets
>>>> on trac. If there's something I can do to help further the goal of a
>>>> Windows Task Force page, please let me know.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Pleased to meet everyone!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Darren
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 8:48 PM, Darren Grant <dedgrant at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Thank you kindly for the great introduction. I hope I can be helpful
>>>> here.
>>>>
>>>>   On Feb 16, 2015 7:47 AM, "Mikolaj Konarski" <mikolaj at well-typed.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Resending, since Roman's and Kyril's email addresses were
>>>> mangled/missing.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Simon Peyton Jones
>>>> <simonpj at microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>> > Darren
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Excellent!  We have a Windows Task Force, consisting roughly of the
>>>> folk in
>>>> > cc.  So they would be the first group to ask.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > (I think it would be very helpful to have a Windows Task Force home
>>>> page, so
>>>> > that it’s easier to find the group.)
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > thanks for helping with Windows.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Simon
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > From: ghc-devs [mailto:ghc-devs-bounces at haskell.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> Darren
>>>> > Grant
>>>> > Sent: 15 February 2015 07:36
>>>> > To: ghc-devs at haskell.org
>>>> > Subject: Resolving Windows 64-bit linker issues
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Hi all,
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > I notice there are a series of related long-standing issues subject to
>>>> > particular cygwin64 quirks, and I'd like to offer time to help
>>>> resolve these
>>>> > if possible
>>>> >
>>>> > At this point I've had some exposure to the GHC build process
>>>> (7.8.3), and
>>>> > have poked around the GHC linker to gain some low level insight.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Would anyone be available to fill me in on the current state of
>>>> affairs with
>>>> > mingw64 GHCi linking? For instance, is there ongoing work, or perhaps
>>>> a
>>>> > preferred direction but no available developer bandwidth to proceed?
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Thank you.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Cheers,
>>>> >
>>>> > Darren
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gintautas Miliauskas
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sincerely yours,
>> Roman Kuznetsov
>>
>
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